I love to lie. I know you're a dirty little liar. No, I'm just kidding. Why do you love it?

I'm just an exaggerator, so every single thing I say is technically a lie by like 10%.

So I exaggerate everything that I've ever said. That is so true. It is something I've had.

In my mind, I calculate what I actually think you say when you're like,

there's 800 of them. I'm like, okay, so there's 500. Yeah. We're just technically a lie,

but you also love to lie and you're good. I mean, I just like the idea of tricking people.

Like, I love not only to scare people, but to find ways to play games. It's always meant to be

innocent, but it's fun to just see how much you can get people to believe you. It's hard for me to lie

because I turn bright red when I'm lying and everyone's just like, why are you red in the face?

And I'm like, oh, God, it's giving it away.

Welcome to Netflix's Know It All. I'm Greg Brown and I'm Mitch Moffitt. You might know us from

our YouTube or TikTok, where the ASAP science guys and the hosts of this podcast.

Do you ever watch a show or movie on Netflix and start wondering about the psychology and science

in your favorite shows and movies? Why we are the way we are. That's why we're here to answer all

of those questions. And today we're exploring why does Mitch always lie? Tell me. I mean,

why do we love to lie? What? Okay, look, your haircut is nice. There's just some small tweaks I would

suggest. This week we watched Netflix's new film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio.

People are sometimes afraid of things they don't know. I don't understand.

You all know the story of Pinocchio. He's a little adorable wooden puppet whose nose grows

every time he lies. But this one is a little different. This version is set in Mussolini's

Italy. In an interview with IndieWire, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro explained that most

other versions of the story are about obedience. In his retelling, he explained, quote,

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